WH 2493
Text Information
- Siglum
- WH 2493
- Transliteration
- l ʾs¹ḫr bn ʾrs¹ bn zḫm bn ṣm bn ġṯ bn ---- h- dr
- Translation
- ʾs¹ḫr son of ʾrs¹ son of Zḫm son of Ṣm son of Ġṯ son of ---- was here
Interpretation
- Commentary
- The final name has been damaged by lichen and only three vertical strokes can be made out. The text then curves upwards.
- Provenance
- WH Cairn 34 and this inscription were rediscovered and photographed by the Badia Epigraphic Survey in 2018 and the co-ordinates given are exact.
- Original Reading Credit
- OCIANA
- Associated Signs
- 7 lines
- Associated Drawings
- A standing stick-figure with arms raised.
- Associated Inscriptions
- Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
- Site
- WH Cairn 34, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
- Date Found
- 1958–1959
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Genealogy, Present in a place
- Script
- Safaitic
- Old OCIANA ID
- #0013381
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